The Resilience Myth - New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma

For readers of The Body Keeps the Score and The Myth of Normal, a powerful manifesto that makes the case for resilience based in community and care, rather than individualist mantras of grit and toxic positivity, told through a kaleidoscopic investigation of the history, social science, psychology, and personal narratives behind how we handle trauma

About the author

Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion, and media. She is the director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women’s freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. A prolific writer and speaker, her articles appear in Time, The Verge, The Guardian, The Nation, HuffPost, and The Atlantic. Follow her on X at @SChemaly and learn more at SorayaChemaly.com. 

Product details

• Authors: Soraya Chemaly
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781982170776
• ISBN: 978-1-9821-7077-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 233 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Coping with death & bereavement, PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement